Carbonite Information Archiving vs. Cove Data Protection

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Carbonite Information Archiving
Score 7.8 out of 10
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Carbonite Information Archiving (formerly Zix Information Archiving, or sold under the name ZixArchive), stores an unlimited number of files and communications across email, SMS, and emerging platforms like Microsoft Teams and social media. It helps protect organizations against compliance violations and unplanned litigations and is offered as a replacement for organizations moving off of aging, on-premise, email-only hardware.N/A
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Cove Data Protection (formerly N-Able Backup) is designed to cover servers, datacenters, applications, and workstations, and is provided to ensure business continuity and at-a-glance assessment and fast issue resolution via customizable dashboard.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsCove offers one flat rate per server or workstation and one flat per-user price for Microsoft 365, with cloud storage included. Each license carries a defined amount of included storage that is pooled across an MSPs customers, so smaller devices that use less can offset larger ones.
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Features
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Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Carbonite Information Archiving
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Ratings
Cove Data Protection
9.4
19 Ratings
10% above category average
Universal recovery00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings9.515 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings9.517 Ratings
Business application protection00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.617 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.617 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.918 Ratings
Snapshots00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
Management dashboard00 Ratings9.419 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings8.818 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings9.919 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings9.718 Ratings
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Small Businesses
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.7 out of 10
Veeam Data Platform
Veeam Data Platform
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.7 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Exchange
Score 8.7 out of 10
Bacula Enterprise
Bacula Enterprise
Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Carbonite Information ArchivingCove Data Protection
Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
(3 ratings)
9.9
(19 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(3 ratings)
9.8
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Carbonite, an OpenText company
Well suited in scenarios where you have a large amount of incoming mails, worry of accidental deletion, and require retention of data from sources, especially with Microsoft Teams. You will have to get used to the complex search features to make full use of Zix capabilities though. If you have a basic usage of emails and your email client already provides these features, then Zix wouldn't be of much use for the expense it incurs.
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N-able
Solarwinds Backup is ideal for individuals looking to keep a consistent backup of devices in their environment. We used it primarily for networking equipment. It is easy to set up, as it is one of the steps available when adding a new device to solarwinds. It is probably not an ideal product to use for long-term (1 month+) backups.
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Pros
Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • Search
  • Storage need reduction
  • Security
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N-able
  • Backup Reporting: Email alerts, and a great, easy to read Dashboard with detailed error logs and an easy to search Solarwinds FAQ for a lot of them.
  • Restores: So far I have restored files, full VMs, and VMs to other hardware, and so far it has not only been flawless, but so flexible that I can't imagine going back to any other software.
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Cons
Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • Search language is complex.
  • Easy to miss items if not proficient in search functionality.
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N-able
  • Restore complete settings: IP settings, the setting of CPU/Memory for VMs, etc. would decrease management during a restore.
  • Individual file backup: more granular settings for backup.
  • Change of device name after setup: at times, computer names change after restore so it would be great to rename the device name.
  • Option to recovery security key.
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Usability
Carbonite, an OpenText company
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N-able
Cove Data Protection is very usable as it's easy to tell that it is made to not only do backup very well, but it's also easy to deploy. The agent-based deployment allows for flexible deployment options while ensuring a minimal amount of manual work is needed on the dashboard end. Recovery is also very easy, especially as it relates to one-off file recovery
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Support Rating
Carbonite, an OpenText company
They do provide support when required, especially with integration problems within your mailboxes and Teams. Take time to respond sometimes, but overall good service.
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N-able
We have an Italian support partner, they are been very good b7y the first moment.
All the partners are followed with a lot of attention, even the little ones.
there is a site where you can learn everything, the single parts of the product are described perfectly.
Every it specialist should evaluate it.
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Alternatives Considered
Carbonite, an OpenText company
Zix Information Archiving (ZixArchive) is fairly 1:1 with these solutions except for prior data not uploading. Indexing metadata for searches is on point and the fields function as you'd expect and clearly labeled. The only gotcha I typically hit in searching is I always hit enter after typing the email address in the search field, which presents me with a new line instead of moving to the next field--it's muscle memory and I understand the reasoning--it just doesn't fit my flow, as typically I only search for one email address per field.
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N-able
Cove is able to cover all aspects of backup in a single package. From the same dashboard I can check servers, workstations, and even Office 365. Cove is a much better solution in terms of overall management for a company such as ours. It also provides integration options with N-Able's RMM and Take Control solutions. This allows us to offer our customers with a full service suite in a single package.
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Return on Investment
Carbonite, an OpenText company
  • Supports our document retention polices.
  • Allows for recovery of data easily.
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N-able
  • There has been NO negative impact to out ROI, but it definitely helps our bottom line. Affordable pricing and solid support make Solarwinds Backup almost a no brainer. That interprets to a growing ROI.
  • The best thing to happen to our ROI is the growth brought in by very happy clients.
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